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Friday Sessions
Friday Sessions
Classroom Management & Student Motivation "The Keys to Raising Student Achievement"
Mark McLeod, 99 James Switzer Road, Purvis, MS 39475
(601) 270-8914 cell (601) 794-3814 fax MTMCLEOD66@AOL.COM
He has T-Shirts w/Cha-Ching on 'em. See also the handout on motivating students.
This session deals strictly with motivation.
Starts with the emotional bank account.
Starts with the Shirt: Cha-Ching! Have you made an emotional deposit with your student?
Motivating anybody starts with the relationship.
Questioning Techniques to Motivate Students to Participate.
Think of the name only of the best teacher ever you had in school.
TENSION - used to promote student accountability.
Create questions that get all the students to answer in their head, then ask for volunteers.
Ask questions in a pattern that is predictable and then ask the question that you want one student to answer after everybody has an answer in their head.
Questioning Technique #1: Ask, Pause, and Call.
Ask the question
Pause for think time
Call on a student randomly.
Stick Pick is good here.
Students are also prepped for discussion because they have an answer in their head.
Signals
Gives away what type of questioning technique we're using.
Think (with hand pointing to head)
Ask opinion questions to your special ed/needs kids so they can't be wrong and they experience success. Then go to factual questions later in the week/year. Give them success first.
Questioning Technique #2 - Volunteers
Signal
Hands (says it)
Make sure you go over tests and give pre-tests multiple times so they can get much better.
This is good practice.
"If you did know, what would you say?" For those students who say "I don't know."
Questioning Technique #3 - Choral Response
Reading the directions together.
Signal: open hands toward the students. both hands gesture outward to the class.
Questioning Technique #4 - Signal Response
Signal: Fist to the sternum, then thumbs up/thumbs down/windshield wiper for response.
Best response one is the old fashioned white board.
Put a sock on the other hand for erasing.
Lowe's and Home Depot will cut 36 squares out of a sheet of showerboard.
Paddles have the dry erase stuff on 'em. Group by color.
Four Corners Technique
Agree, somewhat agree, disagree, strongly agree and discuss your position.
Response board
Laminated
Classroom Management Strategies
Mark McLeod
Stages of Teaching
Stage 1: Fantasy Stage
Teaching in its most ideal form.
Not real life situation.
Stayed in that stage one day.
Someone who's never been in the classroom! hehe
Stage 2: Survival Stage
Sarcasm
To change: fight hate with love. fight sarcasm with love.
Worksheet King
Dreads Monday morning.
Get the environment for success correct, you can get the effective classroom environment you want.
Book: The Greatest Salesman In the World
Expectations: Rules and Procedures.
Needed Relationships and Classroom Management
Stage 3: Master Teacher
Excited about going to work.
Stage 4: Impact Teacher
Relationships and Management will set you free.
I LOVE THE CLAP ONCE IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, CLAP TWICE IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, CLAP THREE TIMES IF YOU CAN HEAR ME.
Strategies
Evil Eye: "Give 'em the Mom or Dad look."
Give a look that lets them know their behavior is bad.
Evil Eye with a signal.
Wiggle the finger, the "Come Here" finger.
Don't talk. Non-verbal is better.
Writing Pad Technique
Carry a red clipboard and write the referrals on the clipboard. Then use the clipboard as a deterrent.
Proximity
Change the distance between you and the student.
Proximity with a touch.
Could use a touch on the desk instead.
Proximity with a sticky note.
Please put up the ________ now. Thank you.
Don't make a lot of eye contact.
Put the note on there and get out. Let the note do its work.
Whisper technique
Lean in and whisper what you want them to do.
Send them on an Errand.
Send them on an errand with a note.
Bell Work
First day of school bell activity: Word Search.
Character Education words.
Teachers need some calm before each class period to get them to give their best to the class.
Language Matters: Tools of the Trade from the Essay to the Tweet
Ruth Tounsend Story ruthTstory@gmail.com
Cathy Greenwood cfgreenwd@gmail.com
Welcome
The Three C's of the 21st Century (As identified by Thomas Friedman)
Communication
Collaboration
Creativity
Common Core ELA Anchor Standards
Reading critical types of content:
Classical myths and stories from around the world, foundational documents
Writing: both short focused projects (as commonly required in the workplace) and longer in-depth research and critical analysis, as well as arguments, informational/explanatory texts, and narrative.
Speaking and listening: focus is on speaking and listening to discussion in one on one, small-gorups, and whole-class settings; formal and informal . . .
Language: to explain their vocabularies, determine word meanings, appreciate the nuances of words, and steadily explain their repertoire of words and phrases in real life experiences. Language skills shoald be incorporated in reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities.
Headlines from National Newspapers
Marching their way into Title Game's Camera
Hoyas' Defense smothers high-powered IrishKicking and scheming, 8 NFL teams in action this weekend.
Embracing winter instead of fleeing it.
Flying to Canada? Better remember your passport
Feeling at home among the Elite.
Six word headline
Shopping Trip Ends in Near Disaster
Teacher confesses to being ski-challenged
Oscar and winnie survive Travel Ordeal
Make our own about the conference: Presenters Make Better Doors Than Windows.
Opens it up for a story behind the headline
From Headline News to the Personal Essay
Leap of Faith
Never once in my life have I ever thought that I would find myself standing atop a telephone pole. It's not a thought most people have, and not something most people have experiences. So, the majority of humans can't really imagine what it feels like. But I don't have . . . . (she switches screens too fast.) (and she reads her slides to us)
Participles for lively writing
Present Part:
Cheering
breaking
eating
speaking
Past participle
cheered
broken
eaten
spoken
Verb
are cheering
had broken
etc . . .
Putting participles to work
The coaching genius knows how quickly his reputation can be tarnished.
Screaming with frustration, the angry fans rushed onto the soccer field.
Antoine Winfield's crunching tackle sent the ball flying end-over-end toward the end zone.
Caution: Misplaced participles!
Hissing and yowling in the tree, the fireman tried to rescue the cat.
The baby was delivered and handed to the pediatrician, breathing and crying immediately.
The neighbor's lawn mower was reported stolen by the police.
Flying over New York City at night, the Empire State Building looked like a welcoming beacon of light.
Playing with Participles
The Challenge
Confronting the mountain, fear
Tickling my belly on the bunny hill,
Fearing to push myself off the ledge,
Looking like Mt. Everest to me.
Getting on the bullet-fast lift,
Turning faster than a jet . .
Student wiki responses to "The Challenge"
Student has to give feedback to another student.
Twitter assignment
Dead Man in Indian Creek. Dad will never let me go camping again! #Overprotective (Armentrout)
Mastery and How to Assess It
Rick Wormeli
This is based on Fair is Not Always Equal.
Has a discussion guide, participant study guide, and videos
Define Mastery
Can use it and apply it in another context?
Must incorporate it later in the year . . .
Final exams given over last 2-3 weeks and never for a long period of time/sitting.
What evidence will you tolerate?
Sit down with your team/department and decide.
What exemplars?
What are teachers putting on their tests?
"Agree on a commonly accepted definition of mastery."
What is the difference between proficient in the standard/outcome and mastery of the standard/outcome?
What does exceeding the standard mean?
Common Assessments
Written by local teachers
Given when the kids are ready to take them.
Do a variety of them.
They don't count a huge amount on the report card.
Ask him for the article on Clarifying the Curriculum.
Feedback vs. Assessment
Feedback: holding up a mirror to students, showing them what they did and comparing it to what they should have done - There's no evaluative component!
Assessment: Gathering data so we can make a decision.
Greatest impact: Formative Assessment.
Be clear: We mark and grade against standards/outcomes, not the routes students take or techniques teachers use to achieve those standards/outcomes.
Classroom Management & Student Motivation "The Keys to Raising Student Achievement"
Mark McLeod, 99 James Switzer Road, Purvis, MS 39475
(601) 270-8914 cell (601) 794-3814 fax MTMCLEOD66@AOL.COM
He has T-Shirts w/Cha-Ching on 'em. See also the handout on motivating students.
This session deals strictly with motivation.
Starts with the emotional bank account.
Starts with the Shirt: Cha-Ching! Have you made an emotional deposit with your student?
Motivating anybody starts with the relationship.
Questioning Techniques to Motivate Students to Participate.
Think of the name only of the best teacher ever you had in school.
TENSION - used to promote student accountability.
Create questions that get all the students to answer in their head, then ask for volunteers.
Ask questions in a pattern that is predictable and then ask the question that you want one student to answer after everybody has an answer in their head.
Questioning Technique #1: Ask, Pause, and Call.
Ask the question
Pause for think time
Call on a student randomly.
Stick Pick is good here.
Students are also prepped for discussion because they have an answer in their head.
Signals
Gives away what type of questioning technique we're using.
Think (with hand pointing to head)
Ask opinion questions to your special ed/needs kids so they can't be wrong and they experience success. Then go to factual questions later in the week/year. Give them success first.
Questioning Technique #2 - Volunteers
Signal
Hands (says it)
Make sure you go over tests and give pre-tests multiple times so they can get much better.
This is good practice.
"If you did know, what would you say?" For those students who say "I don't know."
Questioning Technique #3 - Choral Response
Reading the directions together.
Signal: open hands toward the students. both hands gesture outward to the class.
Questioning Technique #4 - Signal Response
Signal: Fist to the sternum, then thumbs up/thumbs down/windshield wiper for response.
Best response one is the old fashioned white board.
Put a sock on the other hand for erasing.
Lowe's and Home Depot will cut 36 squares out of a sheet of showerboard.
Paddles have the dry erase stuff on 'em. Group by color.
Four Corners Technique
Agree, somewhat agree, disagree, strongly agree and discuss your position.
Response board
Laminated
Classroom Management Strategies
Mark McLeod
Stages of Teaching
Stage 1: Fantasy Stage
Teaching in its most ideal form.
Not real life situation.
Stayed in that stage one day.
Someone who's never been in the classroom! hehe
Stage 2: Survival Stage
Sarcasm
To change: fight hate with love. fight sarcasm with love.
Worksheet King
Dreads Monday morning.
Get the environment for success correct, you can get the effective classroom environment you want.
Book: The Greatest Salesman In the World
Expectations: Rules and Procedures.
Needed Relationships and Classroom Management
Stage 3: Master Teacher
Excited about going to work.
Stage 4: Impact Teacher
Relationships and Management will set you free.
I LOVE THE CLAP ONCE IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, CLAP TWICE IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, CLAP THREE TIMES IF YOU CAN HEAR ME.
Strategies
Evil Eye: "Give 'em the Mom or Dad look."
Give a look that lets them know their behavior is bad.
Evil Eye with a signal.
Wiggle the finger, the "Come Here" finger.
Don't talk. Non-verbal is better.
Writing Pad Technique
Carry a red clipboard and write the referrals on the clipboard. Then use the clipboard as a deterrent.
Proximity
Change the distance between you and the student.
Proximity with a touch.
Could use a touch on the desk instead.
Proximity with a sticky note.
Please put up the ________ now. Thank you.
Don't make a lot of eye contact.
Put the note on there and get out. Let the note do its work.
Whisper technique
Lean in and whisper what you want them to do.
Send them on an Errand.
Send them on an errand with a note.
Bell Work
First day of school bell activity: Word Search.
Character Education words.
Teachers need some calm before each class period to get them to give their best to the class.
Language Matters: Tools of the Trade from the Essay to the Tweet
Ruth Tounsend Story ruthTstory@gmail.com
Cathy Greenwood cfgreenwd@gmail.com
Welcome
The Three C's of the 21st Century (As identified by Thomas Friedman)
Communication
Collaboration
Creativity
Common Core ELA Anchor Standards
Reading critical types of content:
Classical myths and stories from around the world, foundational documents
Writing: both short focused projects (as commonly required in the workplace) and longer in-depth research and critical analysis, as well as arguments, informational/explanatory texts, and narrative.
Speaking and listening: focus is on speaking and listening to discussion in one on one, small-gorups, and whole-class settings; formal and informal . . .
Language: to explain their vocabularies, determine word meanings, appreciate the nuances of words, and steadily explain their repertoire of words and phrases in real life experiences. Language skills shoald be incorporated in reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities.
Headlines from National Newspapers
Marching their way into Title Game's Camera
Hoyas' Defense smothers high-powered IrishKicking and scheming, 8 NFL teams in action this weekend.
Embracing winter instead of fleeing it.
Flying to Canada? Better remember your passport
Feeling at home among the Elite.
Six word headline
Shopping Trip Ends in Near Disaster
Teacher confesses to being ski-challenged
Oscar and winnie survive Travel Ordeal
Make our own about the conference: Presenters Make Better Doors Than Windows.
Opens it up for a story behind the headline
From Headline News to the Personal Essay
Leap of Faith
Never once in my life have I ever thought that I would find myself standing atop a telephone pole. It's not a thought most people have, and not something most people have experiences. So, the majority of humans can't really imagine what it feels like. But I don't have . . . . (she switches screens too fast.) (and she reads her slides to us)
Participles for lively writing
Present Part:
Cheering
breaking
eating
speaking
Past participle
cheered
broken
eaten
spoken
Verb
are cheering
had broken
etc . . .
Putting participles to work
The coaching genius knows how quickly his reputation can be tarnished.
Screaming with frustration, the angry fans rushed onto the soccer field.
Antoine Winfield's crunching tackle sent the ball flying end-over-end toward the end zone.
Caution: Misplaced participles!
Hissing and yowling in the tree, the fireman tried to rescue the cat.
The baby was delivered and handed to the pediatrician, breathing and crying immediately.
The neighbor's lawn mower was reported stolen by the police.
Flying over New York City at night, the Empire State Building looked like a welcoming beacon of light.
Playing with Participles
The Challenge
Confronting the mountain, fear
Tickling my belly on the bunny hill,
Fearing to push myself off the ledge,
Looking like Mt. Everest to me.
Getting on the bullet-fast lift,
Turning faster than a jet . .
Student wiki responses to "The Challenge"
Student has to give feedback to another student.
Twitter assignment
Dead Man in Indian Creek. Dad will never let me go camping again! #Overprotective (Armentrout)
Mastery and How to Assess It
Rick Wormeli
This is based on Fair is Not Always Equal.
Has a discussion guide, participant study guide, and videos
Define Mastery
Can use it and apply it in another context?
Must incorporate it later in the year . . .
Final exams given over last 2-3 weeks and never for a long period of time/sitting.
What evidence will you tolerate?
Sit down with your team/department and decide.
What exemplars?
What are teachers putting on their tests?
"Agree on a commonly accepted definition of mastery."
What is the difference between proficient in the standard/outcome and mastery of the standard/outcome?
What does exceeding the standard mean?
Common Assessments
Written by local teachers
Given when the kids are ready to take them.
Do a variety of them.
They don't count a huge amount on the report card.
Ask him for the article on Clarifying the Curriculum.
Feedback vs. Assessment
Feedback: holding up a mirror to students, showing them what they did and comparing it to what they should have done - There's no evaluative component!
Assessment: Gathering data so we can make a decision.
Greatest impact: Formative Assessment.
Be clear: We mark and grade against standards/outcomes, not the routes students take or techniques teachers use to achieve those standards/outcomes.
Mr. McGirr - Main